This makes way too much sense to me. On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 7:26 PM, Bong Manayon <[email protected]> wrote: > On Sat, Feb 19, 2011 at 2:10 PM, Tim Bray <[email protected]> wrote: >> Fine story and I enjoyed it (thanks) but there's an ethical question >> whose answer is unclear to me: When one is among others who are >> struggling with a problem to which you know the answer, is there any >> moral obligation to share it with them? The answer, clearly, is "It >> depends". On what? -T >> > > In the Philippines, the operant word is "relationships" -- here > "random acts of kindness to stranger" sometimes does not have the > desired effect and, more often than not, viewed with suspicion ("what > does he want?" "how much will he charge"). We have this cultural > thing called "utang na loob" ("debt of gratitude" ...but something is > lost in translation) which bonds the recipient of a kind deed to the > giver unless he can match the deed. Positively, it bonds friends and > family, negatively it can create a social bondage. So the > suspicion... > > -- > Bong Manayon > http://www.bong.uni.cc > > -- > PDML Pentax-Discuss Mail List > [email protected] > http://pdml.net/mailman/listinfo/pdml_pdml.net > to UNSUBSCRIBE from the PDML, please visit the link directly above and follow > the directions. >
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